§ MR. MONTAGU (Cambridgeshire, Chesterton)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade what will be the reference to the conference which he has recently invited to consider details connected with the administration of British railways; whether he is aware of the urgent necessity of finding means of alleviating the grievances of farmers against railway companies; and what representation he has provided for agriculturists or for Ireland at the conference.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEI do not propose to limit by any rigid terms of reference the scope of the inquiry to 815 which my hon. friend refers, but questions affecting agricultural interests will be considered. Agriculture is represented at the conference by Mr. O. D. Johnson and a representative of the Board of Agriculture. I may remind my hon. friend that Irish railways are at present engaging the attention of a Vice-Regal Commission.